Abstract: The bulk of the collection spans from 1961 to 1977, mainly while Schuck was a professor of the Political Science Department
at Mount Holyoke College. The collection primarily reflects Schuck's research interests in South Vietnam: elections, government
administration, the Vietnam War, the case of Tran Ngoc Chau, and the South Vietnam Youth Movement. The collection is composed
of writings, statistical data, biographical data, publications, photographs, and other materials.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Creator:
Schuck, Victoria

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

16 March 1909

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1930

Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.

1931

Received Master of Arts degree at Stanford University.

1937

Received Doctor of Philosophy degree at Stanford University.

1937-1940

Assistant Professor at Florida State College for Women.

1940-1976

Member of the Mount Holyoke College Political Science Department.

1942-1944

Worked as the Principal Program Analyst for the Office of Price Administration.

1945-1947

Served as a consultant at the Office of Temporary Controls.

1948-1949

Visiting lecturer at Smith College.

1948-1974

Served on the Lecture Committee at Mount Holyoke College.

1949

Initiated a Washington Internship Program.

1952

Visiting professor at Stanford University.

1954

Established a Political Studies Center.

1957-1960

A member of the Massachusetts Commission on Interstate Cooperation.

1958-1965

A member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts.

1960-1962

Served on the Honors Committee at Mount Holyoke College.

1960-1968

A member of the University's Building Authority.

1961-1967

A member of the Town of South Hadley, Massachusetts Planning Board.

1962-1974

A member of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

1963

President John F. Kennedy appointed her as a member of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation.

1964-1973

A member of the Berkshire Community College New Campus Committee.

1966

In South Vietnam under a grant from the Four-College Asian and African Studies Committee to conduct research on innovations
in the civil service and budgeting.

1966, 1971

Received grants to observe elections in South Vietnam and to study the Vietnamese constitution.

1967-1968

A visiting scholar at the Brookings Institute.

1971-1972

Vice President of the American Political Science Association.

1972-1973

President of the Northeastern Political Science Association.

1974

Retired from full-time teaching at Mount Holyoke College.

1975-1976

Returned to teach Winter Term courses at Mount Holyoke College.

1977-1980

Served as President of Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C.

1980

Received an honorary degree from Mount Vernon College upon retirement.

1988

"The American Political Science Association established an annual award in her name to be given to the author of a book on
women and politics."

15 February 1999

Died in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Sources: "Constitution-Making in Vietnam--A Part of 'The Other War'" by Victoria Schuck for the
Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, Summer 1967

Collection spans from 1956 to 1977, collected primarily while Schuck was a Political Science professor at Mount Holyoke College.
The collection reflects Schuck's research interests in South Vietnam: elections, government administration, the Vietnam War,
the case of Tran Ngoc Chau, and the South Vietnam Youth Movement, among other topics. The collection is composed of writings,
statistical data, biographical data, publications, photographs, and other materials.

The Research file is organized into the three categories: Vietnam Youth Movement materials, photographs from trips of Schuck
and Jim Mott, and Tran Ngoc Chau documents, along with materials related generally to Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The Research
file also includes materials on the Vietnam War, government administration, and South Vietnam elections, among other topics.

The South Vietnam Elections file contains documents related to Schuck’s research, organized into the following categories:
General file, National Assembly and Constituent Assembly file, Upper House file, Lower House file, President and Vice President
file, and Senate file. These categories include news releases, posters, decrees, statistical data, and other materials pertaining
to general elections, village and hamlet elections, assembly elections, Upper House and Lower House elections, presidential
elections, and senatorial elections.

The Vietnam Government Administration file includes a Constitution file, along with materials that include documents, charts,
maps, and other items related to the government and administration of Vietnam. More specific topics include village government,
hamlet government, military government, local government, and regional government.

The Vietnam War f ile includes documents, charts, maps, news releases, and other materials related to the Vietnam War. More
specifically, topics include Vietcong, U.S. military assistance, Land-to-the-Tiller, and peace.

"List of Ladies Attending the Tea Given on Thursday October 14th at 4pm,"undated

Box/Folder 4 : 22

Documents in Vietnamese,undated

Box/Folder 4 : 23

Headshots with descriptions in Vietnamese,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 2

Map of Thailand and Laos,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 3

Address and telephone directory,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 4

"Common Foods in Viet-Nam,"undated

Box/Folder 5 : 5

Cover in Vietnamese, photocopy from original,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 6

"Bleak Prospects for Afro-Asian Council Meeting" from
News Analysis,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 7

"Viet Nam Insight, A Vietnamese Looks at Vietnam" paper,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 8

Bibliography,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 9

"Vietnam," description documents,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 10

A Nation's Progress The Story of U.S. - Vietnamese Cooperation in Economic Development,undated

Box/Folder 5 : 11

"Discussion of the Conception of a New Deportment,"undated

Box/Folder 5 : 12

Poster from Air Vietnam,undated

South Vietnam Elections File1963-1973

Scope and Contents note

Includes decrees, news clippings, statistical data, lists, and other materials related to South Vietnam elections in general,
including village and hamlet elections, regarding Vietnam’s National Assembly and Constituent Assembly, Upper House, Lower
House, President and Vice-President, and Senate.

General file,1964-1973

Scope and Contents note

File includes decrees, news clippings, lists, posters, election results, and other materials related to South Vietnam's elections
and voting in general, which consists of a mix of information about National Assembly, Upper House, Lower House, president,
vice president, senate, village, and hamlet.

The Vietnam Government Administration File includes a Constitution File along with other materials that include documents,
charts, maps, and other items related to the government and administration of Vietnam. More specific topics include village
government, hamlet government, military government, local government, regional government, among other topics.

Constitution File,1956, 1967-1969

Scope and Contents note

File includes documents, decrees, news clippings, and other materials related to South Vietnam's constitution.

Box/Folder 7 : 14

"Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam,"1956

Box/Folder 7 : 15-16

Constitution documents,circa 1967

Box/Folder 7 : 17

Constitution for Constituent Assembly
Telegram,1967

Box/Folder 7 : 18

"Constitution-Making in Vietnam--A Part of 'The Other War'" article by Schuck in the
Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly,1967

Box/Folder 7 : 5, Box/Folder 7 : 19

Supreme Court decisions,1968-1969

Box/Folder 7 : 20

Petition,1969

Box/Folder 7 : 21

A Re-Examination of the 1967 Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam,1969

Military zone maps with organization charts for multiple ministries in a packet,1965-1966

Box/Folder 14 : 13

"Vietnam Provinces and Major Cities" document,1965

Box/Folder 14 : 14

Civil service arrete and decree,1965-1966

Box/Folder 14 : 15

"Government of Vietnam Program of Action,"1965

Box/Folder 14 : 16

Ministry of Interior documents about local administration seminar and local government,1965-1966, undated

Box/Folder 14 : 18

Catolog of the National Institute of Administration of the Republic of Vietnam,1965

Box/Folder 17 : 13

"Change in Cabinets of the Republic of Vietnam,"1966

Box/Folder 14 : 19

"Currency Regulations,"1966

Box/Folder 14 : 27

"Government and the Countryside," map,undated

Box/Folder 14 : 20

"Governing Military Deferment for Cadres of All Branches,"1966

Box/Folder 14 : 21-22

Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam,1966

Box/Folder 14 : 23

Address to open the Second Administrative Convention,1966

Box/Folder 14 : 25

"Cabinets of the Republic of Vietnam," chart,1969

Box/Folder 13 : 2

"The Government of Vietnam," chart,1971

Box/Folder 14 : 26

Senate Committee list,1971-1972

Box/Folder 14 : 28

Lowlands and Highlands populations data,undated

Box/Folder 14 : 29

"Government and the Countryside: Political Accomodation and South Vietnam's Communal Groups," essay,undated

Box/Folder 14 : 30

"Organization and Operation of Local Government,"undated

Box/Folder 17 : 14

"USIA Stresses Administration Vietnam Policies,"undated

Vietnam War File,1965-1977

Scope and Contents note

The Vietnam War File includes documents, charts, maps, news releases, and other materials related to the Vietnam War. More
specifically, topics include Vietcong, U.S. military assistance, Land-to-the-Tiller, and peace, among other topics.

Box/Folder 14 : 31

"Message from Ambassador Lodge," United States Operations Mission (USOM) notice,1965

Box/Folder 14 : 32

"Report of In-Service Training 1964-1965,"1965

Box/Folder 14 : 33

"Revolutionary Development in a Pacified Province,"circa 1965,

Box/Folder 14 : 34

Aggression From the North The Record of North Viet-Nam's Campaign To Conquer South Viet-Nam booklet,
circa 1965

Box/Folder 15 : 1

"Text of the Convention," about the Armed Forces of the Republic,1965

Box/Folder 14 : 17

War news clippings,1965

Box/Folder 15 : 2

Military documents,1965-1966

Box/Folder 13 : 2, Box/Folder 17 : 7

War Cabinet charts,1965-1967

Box/Folder 15 : 3

Military zones maps, with marginalia,1966-1967

Box/Folder 15 : 4

"Return to Press Branch File," about Vietcong,1966

Box/Folder 15 : 5

U.S. President Johnson and Vietnam speech, article, and book excerpt,1966

Box/Folder 15 : 6

Vietcong war cartoons, in Vietnamese with English translations,circa 1966,

Box/Folder 15 : 7

Aircraft location graph,1966

Box/Folder 15 : 8

Newsweek clippings,
17 January 1966

Box/Folder 15 : 9

Department of State Bulletin working paper, progress report, and about U.S. participation,
1966

Box/Folder 15 : 10

"Westmoreland on Vietnam, A Conversation with the U.S. Commander,"1966

Box/Folder 15 : 11

United States Mission in Vietnam publications about Vietcong and South Vietnam's Communist party,
1966

Box/Folder 15 : 12

JUSPAO [Joint United States Public Affairs Office] Vietnam in Profile booklet,
1966

Box/Folder 15 : 13

National Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters,1966

Box/Folder 15 : 14

"Reflections on Vietnam," article from
The New Yorker,
16 April 1966

Box/Folder 15 : 15

"The Faceless Viet Cong,"1966

Box/Folder 15 : 16

Agency for International Development fact sheet,1966

Box/Folder 15 : 17

News releases about war and military,circa 1966

Box/Folder 17 : 6

Vietnampress, includes Vietcong details,
1966 July 12

Box/Folder 15 : 18

"Rural Pacification in South Viet Nam," report from
Editorial Research Report,1967

Box/Folder 15 : 19

"The Search for Peace in Vietnam," article in
Viet-Nam Information Notes,1967

Box/Folder 15 : 20

"Commission for War Veterans," chart,1967

Box/Folder 16 : 27

"U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam," directory,1967

Box/Folder 17 : 2

"Ky's Candidacy and U.S. Stakes in the Coming Elections," memorandum,1967

Box/Folder 15 : 26

"Can a Free Society Fight a Limited War?," article from
The New Leader,1968 October 21